I've gotta agree with you. Worst yet is that besides having tires that had obviously been left flat for years, and plenty of dust and spider webs, the bike was in practically new condition and perfectly usable with only a light dusting and some air in the tires. Even low end steel Treks such as this are good useful bikes. It was the property of a long ago evicted tenant, and amazingly much of the usable stuff left behind just gets tossed in the dumpster.

Thanks, this setup has been working out awesomely, and even being a very low end frame I can't really find anything to complain about, other than wishing that it had braze-ons for a lowrider front rack (and I guess I wouldn't mind if it were instead a lugged US made 900 series).